Historic Biden-Harris Administration Investments in Water Infrastructure and Lead Pipe Announced
The Biden-Harris Administration is investing more than $50 billion in the nation’s water infrastructure. This includes $15 billion for lead service line replacements. For not only fixing the country’s water systems and replacing lead pipes, creating good-paying jobs and new domestic manufacturing, this investment is transformational in investment in Unites States drinking water infrastructure over the next five years.
According to The White House, to meet the increased demand for American-made water products, American manufacturers are stepping up their production capacity with new investments, creating jobs and American industrial capacity in the process. Administration officials have also emphasized the importance of collaborating with unions to ensure these investments build the middle class from the middle out and bottom up, not top-down.
All Bipartisan Infrastructure Law investments are subject to the Build America, Buy America Act, which requires iron, steel, manufactured products and construction materials used in infrastructure projects to be produced in the United States. President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is revitalizing American manufacturing, including in once hollowed out communities, and creating good-paying jobs across the country. Under President Biden’s manufacturing boom, nearly 800,000 new manufacturing jobs have been created, and private sector companies have announced over $480 billion in manufacturing and clean energy investments since President Biden took office. This week’s announcements provide further evidence his approach to industrial policy is creating good jobs and rebuilding our manufacturing capacity while ensuring every family can access clean, safe drinking water.
